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Deputy Director Sam Cullen had been having a bad morning ever since Booth had woke him up at 5:10 a.m. It was bad enough to be awakened by a phone call by one of your best agents telling you that he was locked into a bomb vest; but, then to have to deal with the agents that let it happen hadn't lightened his mood either. All he had heard was excuses and no explanations about how it was done.

Marcus Geier had been at Booth's house since 5:50 a.m. trying to collect any evidence that Pelant had been there. They had found some bomb making materials in the garage and one C4 brick laying on the work bench in the garage. The serial numbers printed on the brick had been traced to a theft three weeks ago in Baltimore. Booth was supposed to have been in Baltimore on the day of the theft; but, at the last minute he had been called in to the Hoover for another interview about Brennan by Agent Flynn and Agent Brown had been sent in Booth's place. It had just been donkey work anyway; so, there hadn't been a reason for Flynn not to do what he had done. Flynn had heard of a sighting of Brennan in Canada and he had wanted Booth to search his house and if he found it, to bring in Brennan's passport. Booth had done as requested and found Brennan's passport in her wall safe in her office at home. Since Booth had been in the D.C. area at the time of the theft of the C4 that pretty much cleared Booth of stealing the C4 and making the bomb.

What worried Cullen now was the fact it looked like Pelant had an inside man at the bureau. Either that or he had found a way to hack into the FBI database. Pelant knew too much about what was going on at the Hoover and the comings and goings of some of his agents. Until he found the leak, Cullen was disinclined to trust anyone right now. It had also gotten to the point that he was afraid to put his schedule on the computer or anything else for that matter. He had his secretary buy a bunch of notebooks and he and she had been writing down everything they needed to keep track of in those. He wasn't the only one doing that. Several of his agents that were loyal to Booth had started doing the same thing just after Brennan had run to evade her arrest warrant. They were well aware that Pelant was free and what he was capable of doing with computers. They all knew they couldn't give up their computers completely; but, they could keep sensitive information out of the database for the time being. It was a Hell of a way to run a big organization like the FBI and it infuriated Cullen.

Walking into his office and seeing Agent Flynn's face also infuriated Cullen though he did his best to remain calm. It was now 11:18 a.m. and Flynn had been waiting in Cullen's office for over four hours.

Closing his office door, Cullen walked behind his desk and sat down. Putting his hands on top of his desk, Cullen stared at Flynn and said, "Well?"

Thinking he knew what Cullen wanted, Flynn said, "How do we know Booth didn't set that whole thing up this morning? He was a soldier and a trained sniper. It's not a stretch to think he couldn't have build the vest and then put it on himself. It would be the perfect way to get the FBI off of his back."

Picking up a pen and making a couple of quick notes, Cullen then put his pen down and looked at Flynn. "The C4 used in the vest was stolen in Baltimore, Maryland three weeks ago. It was done on the day that Booth was supposed to be in Baltimore but wasn't because you had him search his house for Dr. Brennan's passport and bring it in. He was in D.C. at the time of the C4 theft."

Shrugging his shoulders, Flynn said, "Maybe he got someone at the Jeffersonian to do it for him. Dr. Hodgins is capable of building a bomb and he was at Booth's house before we were this morning."

Picking up his pen again, Cullen tapped the top of his desk with his pen and stared at Flynn. Flynn, thinking he wasn't being clear enough said, "Booth would like to get out from under our surveillance. If he could make it look like Pelant was trying to kill him he could kill two birds with one stone. He could be free to come and go as he pleased and we would focus our attention on Christopher Pelant and away from Dr. Brennan. Those scientists at the Jeffersonian are too close to Booth and Dr. Brennan. They'd probably want to help them to divert our attention to someone else. They don't have any respect for the FBI anyways. That Dr. Hodgins is a known subversive and his wife has a history of becoming involved with foreigners and extremists. In the past, one of the scientists over there was part of a serial killer cult and it turns out he was the assistant of Dr. Brennan. For all we know, she may have been part of that cult and we just never looked into it deep enough. Agent Booth's ties to Dr. Brennan are too close and he would probably help her cover up things like that anyway. I've heard more than one person say that Booth is more loyal to Dr. Brennan than he is to the FBI."

Sighing, Cullen said, "You know you have to be one of the most myopic agents I've ever had. You made up your mind in the beginning that Dr. Brennan was involved in the murder of Ethan Sawyer and you haven't looked back. You've just ignored any possibility that she's been set up and you've absolutely twisted every bit of evidence that's come up to fit Dr. Brennan. Experts have pointed out that it's possible that the evidence you've gathered is all circumstantial; but, that hasn't stopped you. One hair from Dr. Sawyer was found in Dr. Brennan's car. One. Didn't it ever occur to you that if he had really been in the trunk of her car that there would have been more that one hair? There would have been prints, or skin or more hair. If she had the car detailed then there would have been no hairs. We know that the techs said there was no sign that her car was detailed after Sawyer's body was found. The security video from the mental institution showed Dr. Brennan leaving the day before Dr. Sawyer died. It wouldn't have mattered if it had showed her leaving the day of his murder. It doesn't show Ethan Sawyer leaving with her. He left the institution the next day and was found dead in the forest the next evening. There is no evidence that Ethan Sawyer went with Dr. Brennan anywhere. No evidence at all. The videos provided by the institution showed Dr. Sawyer talking about killing the demon and it's true that he mentioned Dr. Brennan's daughter and yet he was also recorded as saying that he must be stopped. What if he had just said Christine when he meant Christopher? When he was lucid he was helping Dr. Brennan work on the murder case against Christopher Pelant. When he wasn't lucid he was known to rant about all kinds of crazy stuff. Dr. Brennan knew about the rants and never once voiced concern about what Ethan Sawyer was saying. Maybe she knew that Sawyer was really talking about Christopher Pelant. Did you ever consider any of this? Any of this at all?"

Feeling like he was being backed into a corner, Flynn said, "I went where the evidence took me."

Shaking his head, Cullen said, "Just for the record, I was on the phone with Booth when he had the bomb vest on in his back yard. I heard everything that happened. Someone called the phone that was attached to the bomb and it wasn't Booth. I can also tell you that as soon as he was out of the vest he threw his guts up. You can fake a lot of things; but, not that."

Watching Flynn's face very closely, Cullen continuted, "The Director has ordered me to hand this case over to Agent Payton Perotta. She will be taking over this case as of noon today. You will be secondary and you will report to her."

Angry, Flynn said, "I've done the best job I could considering what I've been up against. Half the agents around here are loyal to Booth and have drug their heels every time I've tried to involve them in my case. Marcus Geier has been just as obnoxious about his loyalty as those at the Jeffersonian. I'm not the only one around here with myopia. Hell, most of the people around here have refused to even consider Dr. Brennan as a suspect. I'm the only one that's followed the evidence where it's gone. Everyone has been too busy pointing a finger at Christopher Pelant and none of them are willing to consider that Dr. Brennan is capable of murdering someone if that person is a danger to her daughter. Dr. Simpson and Dr. Sweets both told me that she is capable of murder under those circumstances. As far as I'm concerned, I've done a Hell of a good job."

Shaking his head, Cullen said, "The only thing you've done is make it look like you're working for Pelant. Either that or you hate Dr. Brennan and Booth so much that you're willing to bias your investigation against them."

Shocked, Flynn said, "That's insane. I don't know Christopher Pelant. Why the hell would I be his stooge?"

Nodding his head, Cullen said, "Exactly. That's what me, Hacker and the Director of the FBI would like to know. Perotta is in charge. If you don't like it, I can reassign you to something else."

Shaking his head, Flynn said, "If you reassign me you could ruin my career. I haven't done anything to warrant the suspicion you say you have towards me. I've been doing my job."

Sighing, Cullen said, "Maybe that's the problem. You've been doing your job and not the FBI's job. The jury is out on you. All I can say is you'd better step carefully from here on out. Now get out of my office. I have a meeting here at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning, be here."

Nodding his head, Flynn stood up and said, "I'm a good agent. Your letting your friendship with Agent Booth color your actions. Just because he's a damn war hero and his solve rate is so high, everyone around here treats him like he's a damn God or something."

Clenching his fists, Cullen said, "One more word from you and I'm going to transfer your ass out of here and I'm going to make sure it's to the most isolated field office I can find. One more word, Agent Flynn. Try me."

Licking his lips, Flynn realized that his mouth had just got him into more trouble than he thought possible. Turning he walked across the room, opened the door and walked out closing the door behind him.

Cullen, staring at the door, said, "Asshole."

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I don't like Agent Flynn. I bet you couldn't tell. What do you think?